Netflix’s Transatlantic tells the story of how Varian Fry and the Emergency Rescue Committee helped thousands of refugees flee France during World War II. Read how the organisation became the International Rescue Committee and how we’ve continued to support people facing conflict and crisis for the past 90 years.  Through the years 1933 Varian Fry at his office in Marseilles in the spring of 1941.

The IRC was excited to attend the third edition of the European Humanitarian Forum (EHF), which took place Monday 18 - Tuesday 19 March 2024 in Brussels and was livestreamed via the EHF website. IRC schedule | IRC panels and talks | Photo exhibit | InnovAid Prize | Our participants About the European Humanitarian Forum The Forum was co-organised by the European Commission (DG ECHO) and Belgium in the framework of its Presidency of the Council